Toshihira Inoguchi

Toshihira Inoguchi (11 August 1896-24 October 1944) was a Vice Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Inoguchi served as captain of the battleship Musashi, and he was killed at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944.

Biography
Toshihira Inoguchi was born in Japan on 11 August 1896, and he entered the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1918. He rose to the rank of lieutenant in 1924, commander in 1934, captain in 1939, and Rear Admiral on 15 October 1944, and he took command of the powerful battleship Musashi. He was wounded in the Sibuyan Sea during the Battle of Leyte Gulf on 24 October 1944, and the Musashi was heavily bombed by US Navy bomber aircraft. Inoguchi chose to go down with his ship, dying a noble death.